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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] flash.h: pull in common.h for types
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091118222846.B3FE43F6C2@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911171918.39290.vapier@gentoo.org>

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <200911171918.39290.vapier@gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > > I don't know whether Linux has a specific policy on this, but I haven't
> > > noticed many problems in this regard, and when I did find one in the
> > > kernel a few years back I didn't get any argument when I submitted a
> > > patch to fix it.
>
> ive semi-frequently post fixes to linux headers so that you can include just 
> that header and have it work.  i have yet to hear anyone complain; rather 
> every one has been merged (ignoring issues unrelated to the original purpose).

Note that I don't complain. Your patch just made me aware that I don;t
know if there is any official poicy for this anywhere, and my initial
search was not really successfull.

Are you aware of any such official declarations for Linux, or glibc,
or similar?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-11-18 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-16 19:58 [U-Boot] [PATCH] flash.h: pull in common.h for types Mike Frysinger
2009-11-16 21:31 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-11-16 22:03   ` Mike Frysinger
2009-11-17 21:00     ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-11-17 21:10       ` Scott Wood
2009-11-17 21:56         ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-11-18  0:01           ` Scott Wood
2009-11-18  0:18           ` Mike Frysinger
2009-11-18  1:34             ` J. William Campbell
2009-11-18 22:28             ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2009-11-18 23:43               ` Mike Frysinger
2010-01-18  1:52 ` Mike Frysinger

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